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The Massachusetts Hospital Association (MHA) created the Accountable Care Compass Awards to highl...
To help reduce 30-day readmission rates, South Nassau Communities Hospital implemented “Right Car...
Cortland Regional Medical Center’s Transitional Care Program is working to reduce 30-day readmiss...
MedEx Bedside Prescription Delivery is the very first bedside medication delivery service for hos...
In response to high readmission rates coming from the health system’s skilled nursing facility (S...
The Reducing Readmissions: Making Data Real project decreased acute rehospitalization rates by al...
For several years, the hospital has been focused on reducing 30-day readmissions. After learning ...
Readmissions are a burden for patients, families and health care providers. HSHS St. Joseph's Hos...
This academic medical center developed and implemented a program to improve outcomes and reduce r...
The Lung Partners Primary Respiratory Care at the Crouse Hospital is managing the needs of patien...
The Illinois Health and Hospital Association's Institute for Innovations in Care and Quality, Qua...
Elizabethtown (N.Y.) Community Hospital's care transition program successfully reduced all-cause ...
The Heathcare Association of New York State announced its 2015 Community Health Improvement award...
The hospital started working on Project Re-engineered Discharge (Project RED) in 2011. A patient ...
...and therefore decrease the hospital’s financial risk as part of health care reform, increase c...
A patient's home environment or lack of support system can have a negative impact on their health...
Phase I consisted of developing and implementing protocols for cases presenting to the emergency ...
The all-cause, 30-day readmission rates for the hospital are higher than both the state and natio...
To align the hospital ministry with the needs of the community and to reduce avoidable health car...
The hospital used evidence-based tools and interventions to decrease hospital readmissions by tak...
South Nassau Communities Hospital, Oceanside, N.Y., focused on educating patients with chronic co...
Based on the consultant’s recommendations, Lee Memorial’s (Fort Myers, Fla.) senior management de...
The project began with a focus on CHF readmissions. As the multidisciplinary team saw decreases i...
Sharing best practices and facilitating peer-to-peer learning were core elements of the AHA/HRET ...
Pekin (Ill.) Hospital used plan-do-study-act with evidence-based practice research, guidelines re...
Presence St. Mary’s Hospital, Kankakee, Ill., improved readmission rates for heart failure patien...
Since 2010, the academic medical center has been supporting a program to reduce 30-day all cause ...
A gap analysis was conducted. Key themes emerged in this analysis such as inadequate preparation ...
Goal-Save lives, reduce suffering and lower costs related to complications of surgery. Developed...
The Florida Hospital Association highlights its quality improvement initiatives with several repo...
This report highlights five years of quality improvement among Florida hospitals. It highlights "...
The Collaborative on Reducing Hospital Readmissions GoalUnderstand readmission causes and adopt ...
Holy Cross Hospital could be characterized as an emergency department with critical care units. T...
Using FOCUS-PDCA, the hospital identified an opportunity to decrease the 30 day readmission rate ...
Data suggests that the hospital has a three year (2006-2009) CHF readmission average of 24.2 perc...
Good Samaritan Regional Health Center’s medical unit required four hours, 18 minutes to discharge...
Griffin HospitalDerby, CT160 Beds Griffin Hospital is the flagship hospital for Planetree, Inc.,...
Methodist Le Bonheur HealthcareMemphis, TN1,321 Beds The Congregational Health Network is a part...
A multidisciplinary team was developed with objectives to provide clear, easy to understand educa...
Continuum Health Partners' pay-for performance program (P4P) is designed to partner with physici...
Stern Family Center for Extended Care and Rehabilitation tracked hospital readmissions and found ...
A Medicare Payment Advisory Commission report to Congress highlighted the financial enormity of t...
Ellis Medicine started this project in April 2010 to reduce readmissions, as readmissions are cli...
St. Vincent's Hospital Westchester, division of Saint Joseph's Medical Center began this initiati...
SSM Saint Mary’s Medical CenterSaint Louis, MO 374 Beds The Problem Better Outcomes for Older Ad...
The SUNY Downsstate Medical Center kidney transplant team identified an increase in the differenc...
The Problem Almost 20 percent of Medicare beneficiaries are readmitted to the hospital within 30...
In order to significantly impact the patients with HF and reduce their readmission rates at Prove...